Broncos have “top 10 defense,” Jets say after New York quarterback Zach Wilson hammered at Mile High

Count Zach Wilson a Broncos admirer.

Not a fan, caput you. Not aft the mode Denver’s defence kept the kid’s caput spinning for 3 hours Sunday.

“I would accidental they’re a truly bully defense, of course,” the Jets rookie backmost said Sunday aft being harassed for 5 sacks, 2 interceptions and 9 QB hits successful a 26-0 shellacking by Denver. “You’ve seen what (Broncos coach) Vic Fangio has done implicit the years. They bash a bully occupation of eliminating (explosive plays) down the field.

“So we knew that coming into the game, I (would person to) bash a amended occupation of getting the shot underneath … but (they’re) a precise bully defense.”

Wilson, the No. 2 wide prime successful the 2021 NFL Draft and a erstwhile BYU star, completed 19 of 35 throws for 160 yards and was picked disconnected twice, posting a 42.6 passer rating.

Meanwhile, the Jets managed lone 162 full yards and averaged 3.1 yards per play arsenic the Broncos produced their archetypal shutout since Week 6 of the 2019 campaign, Fangio’s archetypal astatine the helm, and 3rd against the Jets since 2005.

“They’re decidedly a apical 10 defence successful the league astatine this point,” Jets defender Brad Van Roten said.  “And they did a large occupation scheming america up.”

How great? Of the Jets’ 11 drives, 8 were implicit wrong 4 plays oregon fewer. And lone 1 of those 11 — New York’s eighth of the day and 3rd of the 2nd fractional — took the shot past Denver’s 40-yard line.

“It’s not adjacent schemes,” Van Roten continued. “It’s conscionable guys making plays. They person a batch of bully playmakers connected that broadside of the ball.

“Von Miller, obviously, has not mislaid a step. That feline is arsenic advertised and more. So you effort to bash your champion against those players and past the (losses) that you person against them.”

The Jets, similar the Jaguars and Giants earlier them, did a batch much sinking than surviving successful Week 3. And the Broncos defence has much than fulfilled the preseason hype aft 3 games, allowing opponents conscionable 8.7 points and 221.7 yards per game.

However, those numbers came against 2 rookie quarterbacks successful Jacksonville’s Trevor Lawrence and the Jets’ Wilson, and a struggling third-year signal-caller successful the Giants’ Daniel Jones. The Broncos’ docket trouble ramps up successful October, starting with a sojourn from backmost Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens connected Sunday. Denver past visits Pittsburgh (Oct. 10), hosts the Raiders (Oct. 17) and visits Cleveland (Oct. 21),

“It (was) similar (typical) Vic Fangio,” Van Roten said. “He knows however to disguise looks, however to springiness you a small consternation astatine the enactment of scrimmage. He’s a bully antiaircraft coordinator. That’s a bully defense.”